Regaining weight is very detrimental to health but a new study suggests that exercise can counter those negative effects.
Researchers at University of Missouri have found that exercising during weight regain can maintain improvements in metabolic health and reduce disease risk.
Prevent Weight Regain With Exercise
Exercise can help control weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new study.
Exercise can help control weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new study.
"Although many people are successful at losing weight through diet and exercise, the majority of them will relapse and regain the weight," study's lead author Tom R. Thomas, professor in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, said.
"The findings of this study indicate that regaining weight is very detrimental; however, exercise can counter those negative effects. The findings support the recommendation to continue exercising after weight loss, even if weight is regained," he added.
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Healthy, long-term weight loss diets can significantly reverse carotid (main brain artery) atherosclerosis, a direct risk factor for strokes and heart attacks, Israeli researchers say. study finds.
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After losing weight, participants underwent programmed weight regain and were separated into two groups, one that exercised and one that didn't.
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Shop Around Perimeter of Grocery Store to Avoid Weight Gain: Experts
Batting an eyelid and pushing the cart past the aisles at the local grocery store can help keep you from piling on unwanted pounds, according to experts.
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The exercise group maintained improvements in almost all measures, including LDL and HDL cholesterol, oxygen consumption (VO2max), blood pressure and glucose. Exercise didn't maintain blood cholesterol and abdominal fat loss.
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Overweight and Obesity Costs Australia Over $21 Billion Per Year
In 2005, overweight and obese Australian adults cost the Australian economy $21 billion in direct health care and direct non-health care costs.
In 2005, overweight and obese Australian adults cost the Australian economy $21 billion in direct health care and direct non-health care costs.
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